IG orders maximum force

Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase yesterday ordered the use of ‘maximum force’ to enforce peace.

In a statement on the activities of MASSOB and IPOB released yesterday by Force Public Relations Officer Olabisi Kolawole, the IG said:

“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has issued a stern warning to MASSOB and IPOB activists to stop threatening public peace or face the full weight of the law. The warning followed the observation by the Nigeria Police Force leadership of the increasing resort to acts of brigandage by sets of misguided individuals who apparently are hiding under the cloak of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to threaten national security and public peace in parts of South East geopolitical Zone and some other conterminous States.

“The latest manifestation of this threat is the attempt to blockade the Onitsha end of Niger Bridge on 1st December, 2015, an action that caused major hardship to innocent and law abiding motorists, and citizens. The act also occasioned serious dislocation of business activities.

“The Inspector-General of Police notes that the increasing resort to acts of brigandage of this nature is pointing to a clear attempt by the brains behind these protests to test the will of security agencies to restore order and guarantee internal cohesion.

“For the avoidance of doubts, the IGP further notes, the restoration and maintenance of law and public order, and protection of lives and property remain sacred and statutory Mandate of the Nigeria Police. This Mandate, according to him, shall be fully executed in the overriding interests of the nation and vast majority of citizens and residents of the South East geopolitical Zone.

“Consequently, the Inspector-General of Police has directed the mobilisation and deployment of Police Mobile Force (PMF) across the country to reinforce security in the State Commands that MASSOB and IPOB are currently attempting to utilise as launching pad for their sinister intentions.

“The Assistant Inspectors – General of Police Zone 5, (Benin); Zone 6, (Calabar) and Zone 9 (Umuahia) as well as all Commissioners of Police in the affected States in the South East and neigbouring States have also been directed to henceforth maximally exercise their statutory Mandate in relation to prevention and disruption of any gathering that threatens public order and national cohesion.

“Any person or group of persons so arrested in furtherance to the enforcement of this order will be made to face the full wrath of the law.

“To this end, the Inspector-General of Police advises parents and guardians to call their children and wards to order as the patience of the Force is being stretched to the limit. He firmly affirmed that no individual or group interest can override the interest of the nation and that democratic values provide for exploration of rule of law to advance any concern, not the resort to endless and misguided acts of brigandage, unless there is an ulterior motive as the extant instance tends to dictate.

“He concluded by asserting that the Nigeria Police Force will not fold its law enforcement arms to allow few misguided elements to continually force hardships on fellow Nigerians either in the South East or any other part of the nation for that matter.”

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Rev. Fr. Fadele Emmanuel

Some of these corrupt politicians who lost out in the just concluded elections, seeking to escape being prosecuted for their heinous crimes, might have been the brain behind this needless and violent agitation in SE. I say violent not because of the recent killings, but, because of the way its ring leader Kanu went about it asking for arms to fight the nation, spreading lies and hate speeches radicalising the gullible innocent people. Let the government be quick in fishing out the financiers of this uprising and they need not look very far. They must be amongst us with just few external collaborators who would be the beneficiaries of the impending chaos. I want to sincerely call on our sensible hard working n very resourceful brothers n sisters in the SE not to allow anyone spoil things further in that region of my birth.
East as a natural cardinal point is where the Sun rises daily, is the source of energy for the World westward. Our Lord’s Jesus Christ’s Star was sighted in the Eastern horizon The Maggi travelled from the East westward to see Jesus that made them all Stars for ever! Even our Muslim brethren face the East from where light n energy come on daily basis. Journey from the east westward n to other parts of the world has always brought prosperity. When the Israelites left Egypt in the east they journeyed westward into freedom n prosperity. When they moved into Babylonian captivity it was a journey eastward.
I want to believe this basically is the reason why the Igbos are always prosperous when they move out and intergrate within conglomerates of nations. When Jesus as enfant went on exile in Egypt it was an eastward journey. Imagine if all prosperous igbos should move home because of this agitation what would it be like? Would it be for prosperity or backward movement into hardship ? A Facebook discussant from the east responded thus:
” ….Not every jew persecuted in Germany, and elsewhere, relocated to Israel. Eastward journey? At what cost? Why should igbo abandon property, investment ,market, share and social ties anywhere? There will be no abandoned properties anywhere. Igbos must remain where they are, unless faced with unmanageable threat to life. If attractive conditions are created in the SE, people of all races, tribes and religion will visit abd invest. We aint running”

Let all well meaning igbo ask our leaders to whom our common wealth has been entrusted to perform. Entrench good governance. For me this would let others see that we have leaders from the East who can be trusted n be our president. If the past leaders had maintained well our inherrited infrastructures the story today would have bn different. No one to large extent would have been crying Marginalisation! You can hardly see any ibo man on the street begging to eat. Lets stay together with this energy n synergy to rebuild our nation. But if we must paet our ways lets do it as friends so that there wont be casea of abandoned properties, family ties, shares and the like. Hate speeches n war monging